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Millions of U.S. kids vitamin D deficient

Boston : MA : USA | about 1 month ago  
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Millions of U.S. children under age 11 -- particularly African-American and Hispanic children -- may get too little vitamin D, researchers found. Study leader Dr. Jonathan Mansbach of Children's Hospital Boston, and colleagues of the University of Colorado Denver and Massachusetts General Hospital...
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